Before you destroy your computer screens with your lightsabers, just take it with a grain of salt, this is just another possibility in the infinite Star Wars Extended Universe. It seems I am not alone in this fan theory (at one time I thought I was, but after looking into it, there is actually alot of us fans who think this could be a possibility) Could Qui-Gon Jinn have had ties to the dark side?

Starting from the very beginning, Qui-Gon Jinn was apprentice to Count Dooku, Dooku was impressed with Qui-Gon's abilities and force sensitivity. He had a compassion for all life, a trait that Dooku told him upon completion of their final mission was his one weakness. He warned him that this inevitably would cause a betrayal at the hands of a friend.

Qui-Gon took his first apprentice, named Xanatos. Like his master, Xanatos was extremely force sensitive. Xanatos was much older than the accepted age for training when Qui-Gon took him as his padawan learner. This same thing resurfaced when Qui-Gon attempted to take Anakin Skywalker as his padawan, even in open defiance of the Jedi Council. It was widely known that the Jedi Council and Jinn did not see eye to eye on many things, Anakin Skywalker was just ONE of these things. Qui-Gon's first apprentice turned to the dark side shortly after his father was killed at the hands of Qui-Gon himself. He blamed himself for Xanatos fall to the dark side and chose to not take another apprentice. Obi-Wan Kenobi was placed as Jinn's padawan learner by Yoda. Over the years, Jinn learned to accept Kenobi as his apprentice and love him like a son. Kenobi was with him when he faced the loss of his childhood friend Tahl. Upon the death of Tahl, Qui-Gon Jinn almost completely turned to the dark side. He tried to save Tahl on her deathbed using the force and failed, this event would haunt Jinn. While Kenobi was Jinn apprentice, it was not because Jinn was drawn to and chose himself like he did with Anakin and Xanatos. Both Xanatos and Anakin eventually turned to the darkside, as well as Jinn's master, Count Dooku. With such a strong compassion for all life, could it be that Jinn had a compassion for the dark side as well? Or was Qui-Gon Jinn sensitive to dark side or drawn to it?

Finally the last part I wanted to point out was the force ghost. Is has been discussed that this was a Sith secret, since no Jedi before had used it and only the Sith were interested in cheating death. Tahl was able to speak to Qui-Gon Jinn after death, but he only heard her voice. The reason this must be a Sith secret is because Anakin becomes a force ghost. Who could have taught him this? Obi-Wan taught Yoda and Qui-Gon taught Obi-Wan, but who would have taught Anakin. He must have learned it while he was on the dark side. Other theories on the is subject divulge even deeper into this theory and claim that Qui-Gon was involved in the creation of Anakin during the Grand Experiment, or was drawn to him because of this.

Other's flat out claim that Qui-Gon Jinn was a secretly a sith, manipulating things from the inside. I wont get too far into that one just today as this is just a possible story line that I found interesting to discuss. We will save the topic of Grey Jedi for part 2, but if this one peaked your interest I think you'll like part 2.

As one of my most beloved characters, Qui-Gon Jinn's alternative story has been a fan favorite of mine. Tell me what you think either on our social media site or below. Until next time- LL&P *Ava Jade*